All 5 Uses
scorn
in
Starship Troopers
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- However, I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea — a practice I shall always follow.†
Chpt 2scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- "The exact words of the book," he said scornfully.†
Chpt 2 *scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- Prissy, faintly scornful, a dancing-master type — not one of us apes.†
Chpt 6scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
- He didn't look scornful, he didn't even smile.†
Chpt 10
- Colonel Nielssen said scornfully.†
Chpt 12scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)